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J. 0. WILSON.

WASHING MACHINE. No. 264,014. Patented Sept. 5, 1882,

WITNESSES INVBNTOR ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. WILSON, OF WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

WA SHlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,014, datedSeptember 5, 1882.

Application filed March 29, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHNO. WILSON, of Washington, in the county ofWashington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in \Vashing Machines; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which-- Figure l is a vertical central longitudinalcsection of my improved washing machine. Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views.

M y invention relates toimpro'vementsin that class of washing-machinesin which the box or tub oscillates and the rubber is stationary withinthe box; and it consists in the peculiar arrangement and construction ofthe parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

- In the accompanying drawings, or represents the frame of my improvedwashing-machine, made in the form of two letters A, joined together neartheir upper ends by the board b, to the lower face of which is secured astationary rubber, 0, having inclined hinged corrugated sides 0, thestationary rubber c lying int-he box in its middle and extending nearlyto its bottom, leaving a space in the boxon each side of the stationaryrubber c to receive the clothes to be washed and a space under thebottom of the rubber for the flow of water.

' The hinged sides 0 can be raised for cleaning,

and secured, when down, by hooks c pivoted to the ends of the rubber andadapted to engage with eyes 0 secured to the hinged sides a of therubber. By this construction the hinged sides 0 can be held down in theoperation of the machine, and, when desired, the hooks 0' can hedisengaged from their eyes and the hinged sides 0 swung up for cleaningpurposes.

c 0 represent a series of parallel slats mortised into the hinged sides0, with spaces between the slats; and c 0 represent the bottom slats ofthe rubber, secured to the lower ends of the hinged side pieces, 0.

(1 represents a rectangular frame secured between the two A forms offrame of the washing-machine, resting on the top face of the board I andcarrying the adjustable wriu gin grolls 0 e, operated by a crank, f, atits lower of the stationary rubber.

end, and a transverse rod, 9, at its upper end connecting the oppositearms of the frame d, and provided at its opposite ends with holes,through which pass the rods h, and thence through the ends of the box t,whereby the latter is suspended by the rods h on the frame, and is freeto oscillate, the rubber being stationary and arranged within the box i,with a space for the clothes to be washed on each side The box '5 ismade in the form of an arc of a circle of large radius, and is providedat each opposite upper end with a transverse board, j, to prevent theescape of suds;

k k represent a series of upright concave v slats, placed at equaldistances apart, forming a curved rack at each end of the box 2' andextending across the ends of the box, so as to form an incline in eachend of the box for the purlpose of lifting the clothes off the bottom ofthe l I represent a second series of angular and shorter slats, placedbetween the vertical concave slats k, near their lower ends, so as toform a more gradual incline for the clothes to move upon. Thisconstruction insures the lifting of the clothes from the bottom of thebox ind their turning over at every swing of the m we representright-angular pieces of sheet metal or other suitable material, eachsecured on opposite sides of the frame (1 to the upper face of the boardb of the frame and to the lower end of the frame at. Each right-angularpiece m has hinged to its front edge a leaf, n, and a leaf, 0, is hingedbetween the lower ends of the frame d on each side of the wringingrollsand slightly below the top of the lower wringing-roll.

' It will be seen that the machine washes by squeezing the clothesintroduced into the box at each end between the slats at the ends of thebox and the stationary rubber, the box being suspended and oscillatedand the clothes turned with each swing of the box, and while theoperation of washing is going on the leaves at of the right-angularpieces at are. opened to prevent the suds from splashing out of the box.When the washing is completed and it is desired to wring the clothes theleaves 0 o are thrown down to form a support for the leaves n, which arethrown over so as to rest upon them, and the leaves it thus perform thedouble purpose of preventing the splashing of suds in washing theclothes and a guide in the wringing operation.

The nature of this machine, if operated by a crank or eccentric, willrequire a pitman that will accommodateitself to the different amounts ofclothing that may be put into the box, so as to allow the box to swingfar enough to let the crank revolve and pass its centers. To obviatethis defect I have made an improvement in the pitman, which I make ofthe two forked parallel rods 1) p, pivoted to the bottom of the box 1 asshown, and passing through the two parallel wooden blocks q q.

r 1' represent springs coiled around the rods 12 19 between the blocks qq, and 5 represents a rod provided with an eye at its outer end, adaptedto be secured to the crank and pass ing through the middle of the blocksq q, and provided with offsets t t, abutting against the outer ends ofthe wooden blocks q, whereby the pitman will give in either direction,so that the crank can readily pass its center.

The above description of the spring-pitman forms no part of thisinvention, and I desire it to be understood that I reserve the righthereafter to make a separate application for the subject-matter of thesame.

What 1 claim, and desire to secure by Letters swinging box z, providedwith a series of concave racks, 7c, at its ends, and slats l betweenthem, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the double A frame a, board b, frame d, andsuspending-rods h, of the right-angular sheet-metal pieces m, havingleaves a, and swinging box i, having concave rack at its ends, withslats 1 between them, substantially as described, and for the purposeset forth.

3. The combination, with the framed, carrying the wringing-rolls e c andhinged leafsupports and guides 0 o, of the right-angular pieces m,having leaves a, and swinging suspended box i, whereby the leaves itperform the double function of guiding the clothes to be wrung andpreventing the splashing of the suds, substantially as described.

4. The stationary rubber 0, consisting of the vertical end pieces havinghooks c, pivoted thereto, and side pieces, 0, pivotedto the end pieces,and provided with the eyes 0 and parallel slats c and bottom slats, cpivoted in the side pieces, 0, substantially as described, and for thepurposes set forth.

JOHN C. WILSON.

Witnesses:

W. L. PATTERSON, H. T. MoRRIs, A. HANAUER.

